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Impact of implementation of the long-term care insurance policy on the frail elderly and their caregiver.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15330124
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Social welfare and social work studies
Research InstitutionJapan Women's University

Principal Investigator

NAKATANI Yomei  Japan Women's University, Faculty of integrated arts and social sciences, Associate professor, 人間社会学部, 助教授 (00198128)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) SUGIHARA Yoko  Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Human Care Research Team, Research Scientist, 福祉振興財団・東京都老人総合研究所, 主任研究員 (80311405)
Project Period (FY) 2003 – 2005
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2005)
Budget Amount *help
¥14,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥14,800,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥13,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,300,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Keywordslong term care insurance / frail elderly / health and social services / service utilization / caregiver / caregiving burden / policy evaluation / サービス認知 / 家族介護者 / サービス満足度
Research Abstract

A purpose of the study is to explore the impact of implementation of the long-term care insurance (LTCI) policy on usage of in-home services such as a home help (personal care) service, a day care service, a respite service, and visiting nurse service for the frail elderly in Japan. A database of aggregating results of four repeated cross-sectional surveys (two [1996, 1998] for before LTCI and other two [2002, 2004] for after LTCI) implemented in a suburban area of Tokyo.
Major findings are as follows. Comparing the percentage of the frail elderly who uses those services before implementation of LTCI to those of after implementation of LTCI, the percentage with all three services have been dramatically increased. However, physical and mental health and caregiving burden of caregiver have not been changed before and after LTCI. It is suggested that using these services does not assure alleviating stressful situation of caregivers.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2005 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2004 Annual Research Report
  • 2003 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2003-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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